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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take 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 MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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