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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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