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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take 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 massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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