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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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