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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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