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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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