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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses 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 MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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