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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the 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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