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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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