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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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