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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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