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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses 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 massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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