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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important 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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