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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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