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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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