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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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