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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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