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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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