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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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