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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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