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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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