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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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