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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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