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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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