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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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