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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. 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 commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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