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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses 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. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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