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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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