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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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