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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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