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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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