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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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