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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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