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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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