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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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