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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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