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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)