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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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