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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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