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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the 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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