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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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