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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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