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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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