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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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