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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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