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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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