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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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