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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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