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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in 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 massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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