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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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