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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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