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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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