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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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