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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take 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 customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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