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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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