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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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