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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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