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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants 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 MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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