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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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