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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new 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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