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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. 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 courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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