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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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