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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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