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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part 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. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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