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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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