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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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