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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the 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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