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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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