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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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