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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part 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. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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