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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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