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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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