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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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