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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over 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. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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