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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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