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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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