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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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