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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. 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 classes are normally free for students but do not always 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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