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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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