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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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