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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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