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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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