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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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