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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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