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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. 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 but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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