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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans 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. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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