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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take 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. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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