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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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