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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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