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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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