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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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