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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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