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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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