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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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