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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses 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. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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