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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take 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 ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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