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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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