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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world 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. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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