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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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