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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes 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. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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