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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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