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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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