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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner 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 e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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