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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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