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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in 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. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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