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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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