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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes 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. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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