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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important 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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