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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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