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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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