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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the 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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