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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take 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. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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