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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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