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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate 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. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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