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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses 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. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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