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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses 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. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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