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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in 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. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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