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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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