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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part 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 MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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