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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in 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. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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