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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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