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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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