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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take 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 online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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