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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth 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 massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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