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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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