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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable learners all over 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 customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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