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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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