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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. 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 open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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