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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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