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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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