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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take 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 massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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