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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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