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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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