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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What 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 participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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