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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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