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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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