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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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