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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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