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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major 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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