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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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