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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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