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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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