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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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