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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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