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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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