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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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