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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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