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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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