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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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