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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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