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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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 courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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