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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes 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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