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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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