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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take 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. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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