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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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