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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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