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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take 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 online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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