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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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