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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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