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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people 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 massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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