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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in 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. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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