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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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