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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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