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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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