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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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