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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. 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 almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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