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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world 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 commonly free for students but do not 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 learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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