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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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