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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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