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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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