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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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