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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth 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 massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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