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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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