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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the 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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