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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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