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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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