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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes 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. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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