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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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