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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses 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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