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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates 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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