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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses 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 massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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