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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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