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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in 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 massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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