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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. 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 learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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