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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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