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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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