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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key 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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