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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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