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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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