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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over 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. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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