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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate 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. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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