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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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