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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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