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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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