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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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