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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth 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 online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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