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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth 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 online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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