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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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