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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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