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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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