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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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