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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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