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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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