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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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