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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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