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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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