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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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