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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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