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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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