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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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