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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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