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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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