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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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