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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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