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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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