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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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