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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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