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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over 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 open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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