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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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