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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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