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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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