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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take 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. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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