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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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