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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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