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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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