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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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