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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for students 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This 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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