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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates 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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