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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting 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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