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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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 massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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