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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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