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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses 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. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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