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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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