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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over 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. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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