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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. 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. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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