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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major 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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