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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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