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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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