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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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 courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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