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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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