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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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