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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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