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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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