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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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