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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes 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 online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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