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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part 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 massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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