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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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