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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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