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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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