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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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