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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in 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. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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