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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around 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 online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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