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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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