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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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