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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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