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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes 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. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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