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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes 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. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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