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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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