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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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