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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. 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 students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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