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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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