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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate 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 massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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