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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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