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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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