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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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