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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering learners 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 normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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