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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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