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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling students in all parts of 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. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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