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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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