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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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