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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of 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. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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