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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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