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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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