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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. 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 classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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