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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes 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 massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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