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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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