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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants 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. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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