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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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