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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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