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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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