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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. 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 courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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