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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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