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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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