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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people all around 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 massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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