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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). The latest gains in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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