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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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