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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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