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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important 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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