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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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