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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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