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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key 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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