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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have empowered people 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 open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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