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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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