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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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