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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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