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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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