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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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