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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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