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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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