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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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