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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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