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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all over 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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