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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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