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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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