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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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