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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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