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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. 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 mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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