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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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