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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable people all around the world to take part 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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