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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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