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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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