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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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