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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. 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 massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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