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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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