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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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