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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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