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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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