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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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