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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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