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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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