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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. 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 normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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