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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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