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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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