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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses 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. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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