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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part 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. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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