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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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