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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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