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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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