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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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