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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling students all around 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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