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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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