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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes 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 MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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