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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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