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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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