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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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