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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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