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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes 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 MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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