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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take 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 massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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