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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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