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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate 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. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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