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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes 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 courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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