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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses 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. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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