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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines 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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