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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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