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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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