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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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