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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in 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 commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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