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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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