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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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