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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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