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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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 online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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