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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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