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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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