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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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