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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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