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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to take 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. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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