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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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