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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around 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 usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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