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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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