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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to participate 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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