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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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