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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part 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. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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