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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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