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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in 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. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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