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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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