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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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