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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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