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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in 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. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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