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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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