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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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