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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. 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 MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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