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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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