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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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