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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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