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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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