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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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