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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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