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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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