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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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