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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different 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 we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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