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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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