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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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