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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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