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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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