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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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