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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants 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. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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