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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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