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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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