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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable people all around the world to participate 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 online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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