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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education enable humans all over the world to take online courses. 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 typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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