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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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