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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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