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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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