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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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