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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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