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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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