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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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