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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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