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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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