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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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