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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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