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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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