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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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