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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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