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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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