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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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