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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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