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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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