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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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