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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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 massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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