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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. 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 online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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