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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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