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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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