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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in 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. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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