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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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