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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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