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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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