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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning enable students all over the world to take online courses. 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. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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