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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. 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 MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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