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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering people 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 MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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