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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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