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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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