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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth 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 customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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