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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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