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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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