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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes 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 massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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