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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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