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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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