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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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