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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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