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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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