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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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 typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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