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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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