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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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