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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled 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. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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