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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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