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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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