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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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