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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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