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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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