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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people 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. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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