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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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