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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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