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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants 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. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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