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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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