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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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