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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate 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. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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