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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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