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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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