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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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