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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly 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 dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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