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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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