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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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