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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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