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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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