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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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