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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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