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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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