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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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