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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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