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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines 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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