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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in 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. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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