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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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