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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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