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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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