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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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