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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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