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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are empowering people in nations all aver 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. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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