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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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