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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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