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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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