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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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