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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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