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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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