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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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