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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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