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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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