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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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