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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses 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 online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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