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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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