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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important 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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