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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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