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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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