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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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