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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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