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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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