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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part 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. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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