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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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