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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with inadequate student 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 educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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