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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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