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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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