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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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