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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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