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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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