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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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