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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take 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. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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