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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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