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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants 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. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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