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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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