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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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