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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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