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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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