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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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