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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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