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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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