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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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