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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part 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. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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