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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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