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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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