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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable humans all over the world to participate in classes 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. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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