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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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 mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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