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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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